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much to our definite knowledge of the Xeanderthal type of 

 man, since the Belgic specimens are far more complete than 

 any others heretofore found, there being in their collection 

 two skulls, together with the jawbones and most of the 

 other parts of the frame. In this case also there is no sus- 

 picion that the deposits had been disturbed, so as to admit 



Fig. 81.— Skull of the Man of Spy. (From photograph.) 



any intrusion of human relics into the company of relics of 

 an earlier age. According to M, Lohest, there were three 

 distinct ossiferous beds, separated by layers of stalagmite. 

 All the ossiferous beds contained the remains of the 

 mammoth, but in the upper stratum they were few, and 

 probably intrusive. The implements found in this were 

 also of a more modern type. In the second stratum from 

 the top numerous hearths were found with burnt wood 

 and ashes, together with the bones of the rhinoceros, the 



